Real Madrid and Super League chief Florentino Perez insists new concept will attract younger generation who are currently losing interest in the sport
Real Madrid players train at Valdebebas, Madrid on Monday. The Spanish League giants are among the 12 clubs to join hands to form the ESL
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Tuesday that plans by 12 clubs including the Spanish giants to form a European Super League (ESL) were made to save
football.
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On Monday, six Premier League teams—Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur—joined forces with Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid and Italian trio Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan to launch the planned competition.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez
They have decided to break away from the UEFA-sanctioned Champions League and start their new competition “as soon as possible”, with plans for three more founding members to join and for five other clubs to be invited annually.
“Football has to keep changing and adapting to the times. Football is losing interest. Something must be done,” Perez, who has been named ESL president, told television programme El Chiringuito. “Football is the only sport that is global. Television has to change to adapt to the times. We have to think about why 16-24-year-olds are no longer interested in football. There are poor quality matches and there are other platforms for entertainment. Football has to change. “A group of clubs from some European countries want to do something to make this sport more attractive worldwide,” Perez, who has been named ESL president, added.
‘Clubs won’t be ousted from Champions League’
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Tuesday that no club will be thrown out of the Champions League for joining a proposed European Super League (ESL). On Monday, 12 of Europe’s most powerful clubs announced the launch of a breakaway European Super League. They have decided to break away from the UEFA-sanctioned Champions League and start their new competition “as soon as possible”, with plans for three more founding members to join and for five other clubs to be invited annually. “Madrid will not be kicked out of the Champions League, definitely not. Nor City, nor anyone else,” Perez, who has been named ESL president, said. He added: “It’s not going to happen.”
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